RC 261029702Clement Manyathela
Thursday, 29 October 2026
Ekurhuleni mayoral candidates faced residents at the Nguni Hall on unemployment, unpaid contractors, billing losses and stalled housing, with parties trading claims over tenders and early childhood centres.
- 11:16
ANC mayoral candidate says Ekurhuleni lost about R2 billion from large power-user billing when it was not in charge, and that at least R864 million has been recouped so far.
- 11:48
The DA says waste contractors in Ekurhuleni have not been paid, risking uncollected refuse in the coming weeks, and asks what the sitting ANC government plans to do about it.
- 11:46
The ANC says no party can credibly promise to abolish tenders, while the EFF says insourcing would make cleaners and guards permanent and cut inflated tender costs.
- 09:38
RDP houses in Extension 9 in Vosloorus, started about 10 years ago, remain unfinished, and the reporter's inquiry to the provincial Human Settlements department has gone unanswered.